The impact of vessel orientation in space on densitometric measurements of cross sectional areas of coronary arteries

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-297

  Doriot, Pierre A ^a,b   Dorsaz, Pierre A ^a   Dorsaz, Lidia ^a   Chatelain, Pascal ^a   Rutishauser, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospitals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

coronary angiography; densitometry; QCA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030443536     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01797742     Document Type: Article

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